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Ng ° lie t sg tell c di c or' LORD ELLENBOROUGIL • However convinced. we may be of our inability to do justice to • the high legal character, to the Splendid abilities, and the varied acquirements, of th e late Lord ELLENBoLtoUGH, we are yet unwil ling to let such a man pass from among us with out attempting, at least, to pay him that tribute of respect to which he is so eminently entitled, We are the more anxious to endeavour to dis charge this duty, because it has become a part of t he almost avowed system, of the regular tactics, of those who are incessantly assailing our vener able Constitution, to depreciate exalted worth, 411 (1 to represent every man in high station a s au object deserving either of contempt or of hat red. . Lord ELLENBOROUGH entered the Profession of t he Law with peculiar advantages—Nature had bestowed upon him extraordinary talents, and *hey were cultivated by the best education this C ountry could afford ; his station in life was high, and he devoted himself to the Law, not as to a trade by which he might make money, but as' to a libe ral Profession, which would lead to rank, to dig nitY, and to honour. Although the Bar was un "nunonly rich in talent when be was called, be fiery soon soon obtained a considerable share of busi ness, particularly on th-e Northern Circuit, on "'licit he conducted every cause of iwpoitance, fr ntn the time he attained the rank of King's C ounsel till he finally quitted it, on being ap- Pointed Attorney• General. In London his busi ness was not at first so great—Messrs. BEAR ".OVT, ERSKINE, and MINGAY, were at that time The leaders in the King's Bench, and they were n ot men easily to be superseded ; but the Trial of 4 lr• HASTINGS gave Lord .ELLENBOROUGH a no "'le opportunity of displaying his great powers, tua most fully did he avail himself of it. A brief for 'he defendant in that great cause was, it is well 1140 %vn, offered to Mr. ERSKINE, which he de clined, and Mr. HASTINGS was then advised, most fortunately for himself, to solicit the professional assistance of Mr. LAW. A more important, a 11.1(4 e - difficult cause never was submitted to the inv estigation of a human Tribunal ; it extended aver the transactions of years—it involved not only M e general pOlicy, but all the details and ramifi tatinns of the Government of a mighty Empire. To Mr. LAW the subject was entirely new, while he great Leader of the Impeachment, Mr. BURKE, Ire spent no - i ncons i dera bl e port i on of. his ' ie in penetrating into the obscurity in Il hich at that time Indian affairs were studiously, perh aps, involved. When the Trial commenced, LAW had to contend against such a concen gat. 1 °I) of abilities as has perhaps never been 1 1 : 1 ".ailed. Th e impassioned zeal, the almost e ndless information, the sublime eloquence of t • Buttite, the powerful, vehement, an d l og i ca l eBv "ing of Mr. Fox, th e p o i n t e d b r illi ancy , it nd h ighly finished declamation of Mr. S HERIDAN , _ d the subtle, metaphysical acuteness of Mr. •Nnnam, would have overwhelmed any man *h n , Was not possessed of powers of the highest' j vttle r- Th a t 'Trial established the charact er o f 1.11. • LA*, and within a few years after its ter itlination he gose to the highest honours of his Profession. In 1801, during the administration of Mr. AD-. b ci ll ' l6 'rON„ Ml'. LAW W 3.3 appointed Attorney toeriti, without h a vi ng p rev i ous ly fill e d t h e i n . ;., 1.44 one o f S o li c i tor -G enera l ; an d i n A pr il ' (l2 , he vas elevated to the rank of Chief Justice 1. 7 t he C ourt o f K ing ' s Bench, and created Lord f LL "Boaouox. Upon the formation of the 'lthoinistration of Lord GRENYILLE and Mr. Fox 1806 his Lordship became a Member of the L .ab ioet ; and during the same Administration, 4 ' 4 Lord s hi p, ' and Lords SPENCER, GRENVILLE, : 41 ERSKI NE , were se l ecte d b y hi s M a j esty to li liv ”iigate the Charges which were preferred 1 44r tIst th e P r i ncess of WALES. After the (Haw ilt4 of that Administration, his Lordship took 1 4 ac tive pa rt i n po li t i cs, b ut b e cont i nue d t ill , 4tiolunner to discharge the arduous and most 1440tiou duties of his high office with diligence, 11) Partiali ty, and a b ility, which have never been 411P Nesed. i s 4, 1 t not to be expected that in times of licen tishess and faction the character of the Chief ta riiiti oal Jud ge o f t h e Ki ngdom w ill escape the i "J'Thy of the profligate and tte seditious ; Lord 1 10 „” 1131 D, Lord KENYON, and Lord ELLENRO th have b een assa il e d b y t h e i nvect i ves o f wiuse whose evil, propensities they restrained, or crimes use , they p un i s h e d ; b u t th ose N o bl e . ti le s ." t 's must have found ample compensation in a PProval o f t h e i r own consc i ences, and i n the tste e m. v eneration, and gratitude of all good men. N of f e , g' holy unequal we are to give a c h aracter 144 L ordILLL ENROROUGH, but we trust that sonic tll be fo un d to d o j ust i ce to t h e memory o f .I tid °I the most able, enlightened, and impartial 44 that ever sat is the King's Bench. EXECUTION. This morning, at a quarter after eight o'clock, the four unfortunate men were brought out of Newgate to undergo the dreadful sentence of the laW. Driscoll was first brought - out ; he ascended the scaffold with a firm and quick step. Cashman, who is a Jew, came out last, and was attended by a Jewish Priest ; and Driscoll, who is a Ca tholic, was attended by Mr. DEVEREUX, a Roman Priest. The other two were attended by the Ordi nary of Newgate. Theyall behaved suitable to their unhappy situation, and, atter spending about 10 minutes in prayer, they were Lunched into eter nity. While the awful ceremony was perform ing, and just as they were turned Off, several persons exclaimed '' Murder !" and seemed to be greatly agitated. Driscoll, Weller, and Cash man, were for uttering forged notes; the other' WAS for burglary. , [FARTHER PARTICULARS.] Two Jew Rabbis sat up the whole of the'night with Cashman, who continued in prayer with them the whole of the time. Driscoll was also attended throughout the night by a Catholic Clergyman. Weller slept for about five hours, and Williams but for about half an hour. Driscoll, it seems, was an Irishman, ,and has left a wife and five children ; he was a plasterer's labourer, could neither read nor write, acknowledged the just ness of his sentence, and said he was led into the act for which he was now to suffer by other per sons, but to the very last would not declare who were his confederates. He was convicted in Sep tember last, for uttering forged notes, several of which were found at his lodgings in a rolling pin. The Sacrament was this morning adminis tered to him by the Rev, Mr. Deverenx.—Cash man, whose real !tame was Emanuel, was a JekV, and died stedfast in that persuasion : he was a bad character, and only about 10 months ago was discharged from the hulks ; he was convicted with Weller in September Sessions last.—Weller was a young man of decent parents, and had been tried at the Old Bailey in June last, and had been a most abandoned character, though only twenty years of age. Williams was a native of %Vales, and had had a good education : he was convicted on two separate indictments, for having broke into several houses in the neighbourhood of Enfield, and was the head of a desperate gang of house-breakers, who bad long in fested that part •of the County.—He also acknowledged the justness of his sentence.— The body of Cashman, after hanging the usual time, was cut down by the Priests, who had attended him during the night. They took both the body and the rope away with theta in a hackney-coach they had in waiting. Soon after this a number of Irish people repaired to New gate, and requested of Mr. Browne to give up the body of Driscoll, which he did. They took it off, followed by an immense number of persons, and continued howling in the usual manner they do at funerals. The other two, Williams and Weller, remained in Newgate, for the purpose of being given to their friends in the course of the day. - Yesterday morning an interesting female, be longing to the Society of Friends , applied to be admitted into the presence of these unfortunate men, which application was granted without de lay by Browne, for the purpose of administer ing to them religious consolation, which she did in a very superior manner. The map kit highly gratified, and acknowledged the comfort they felt from what she had said to them. On her leaving them they requested her to 'tall' again, which she did this morning so early as six o'clock, when. she again, in the presence of those then presen!, ad dressed them for a short time, and then bid them all farewell, and left them. Her name, we under stand, is RIPLEY. This morning a number of soldiers were sta tioned around the * Bank, in consequence of a dread of an attack from the rabble that were at tending the execution of the unfortunate men who suffered this morning for forgeries at New gate, but we are happy to add that all was per fectly tranquil, and every person departed from the execution peaceably. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.—An universal alarm was, excited in the City this morning, by the Bank doors in Bartholomew-lane not being open for business at the regular hour, nine o'clock ; a number• of soldiers parading the inner Courts, and Sentinels placed at the front entrance, Bank buildings. It was afterwards ascertained that some fears were excited of an unpleasant nature, owing to the execution of the unfortunate men this morning for forgery ; but we are happy to state, that at half•past ten the doors were opened, business commenced, and not the slightest appear ance of disorder appeared. NORTHERN EXPEDITION. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] The discovery of a New Colony on the Northern Shores of Baffin's Bay has given rise to a variety of speculative opinions. The. information we shall obtain from tbeWork which is promised us from the pen of Captain Ross will he most ithportant. in the mean time, a few observations, founded upon a conversation with several of ,the persons who accompanied the Expedition, may not be uninteresting. It is quite clear that upon a part of the Northern Coast of the Bay, which there was no previous reason to suppose was inhabited, seven or . eight persons were seen and.conversed with. The intercourse was carried on through the medium of John Sackheouse, an Esqui►naux, who accompanied the ships through the whole of their voyage. This John Sackheouse is described, by all the persons on board, to have proved himself, during the voyage, an enter prising and intelligent man. His own history is eventful, having been found far at Sea, in his canoe, driven out by the wind, and unless he had pro videntially been picked up by one of our ships he must have perished. We hare seen some of the pictures drawn by Sackheouse, as a representation of his first interview with these newly disco vered inhabitants of the Northern Regions, and they de scribed, perhaps better than he could do in words, the meet ing as it took place. The Natives are shewn in their sledges, drawn by four dogs. Sackheouse himself is depicted on the ice, setting up a pole with a flag upon it, to which were attached some beads and other trifles, intended as conciliatory presents. The dress of the Natives consists of a skin, covering the body as far as the loins, and breeches of the same material, fastened so as to meet the body covering. A small space through which the flesh is seen) is obseived in all the figures at this part, where the upper and lower coverings meet, arising from their imperfect mode of attaching them to each other. In these drawings the astonishment of the Notice:, upon 'examining the different parts of the vessel, is very characteris tically depicted. One of them is viewing the anchor, another the masts, and the countenances very faithfully describe the surprise occasioned by these new objects of vision. In questioning Sackheouse upon some points of the inter view, he states the Natives to have appeared docile, and ready to give such information as he was desirous of obtain ing from them. His language was sufficiently analogous to theirs, to allow of keeping up a conversation with them; he inquired, amongst other matters, as to the number of their nation, but they seem either to have no idea of numbers, or, what is more probable, no corresponding term, by which they could r e ply to the inquiry. Their general conduct gave reason to suppose that they had, like their more fortunate discoverers, fixed principles of social conduct. When chips were thrown over the vessels' side upon the ice, each collected as much as he could, but no one appeared to infringe upon the bundle of another. He who had gathered any little stock, seemed to he recognised as the proprietor, although be left it to proceed in his fur ther collection. - -it is not very astonishing that they endeavoured to appro priate some of the objects of wonder which they saw about the vessels, but their very mode of attempting to pilfer was a proof that they had not acquired dexterity by practice. In a few instances, they took articles from the ship, with a view to purloining them, hut they were necessarily unsuc cessful, for they did not understand concealment ; some part of the pilfeied property being always left uncovered, and in sight. . . The circumstance which excited the most attention on the part of the Discoverers, was the finding in the possession of the Natives, knives, the blade part of which was of iron. They had already ascertained, that wood was unknown to these newly-found beings, and that the only fuel which they had, if fuel it could he called, was a species of moss—and the use made of this moss, seemed to be confined to the dip ping it in oil, and burning it as a torch or candle. Through the medium of Sackheouse, however, it was dis covered, that two blocks of iron in its pure state, situated at no great distance from the shore, were 'MUM' to the Natives, and that, for making their knives, they hammered off pieces of it by means of heavy stones. ghe of these knives we have seen. It is formed of a piece of bone, about ti or 7 inches long; the upper parr., to which the iron is attached, being grooved. In this groove, several irregular-shaped pieces of iron are inserted. These appear to have been beaten fiat with stones, and as they present an irregular serrated edge, it should rather be called a saw than a knife. The bone handle smells insufferably strong of rancid oil, from the saturated state in which it has been used, and every common means to discharge this taint has been unsuccsstully attempted. We have likewise seen one of their spears. It consists of several pieces of the horn of the sea unicorn tied together with thongs of about one-third from the end is a stop for the thumb to press against in throwing it. This, like the knife, is •if most rude contrivance. It is not oven straight in its form, but is curvilinear. This partakes of the same offensive smell as the knife handle. Their principal food consists of birds, of which it appears the number is astonishing. These'they eat raw. The flesh of seals and of the sea unicorn is also a part of their nourish n►ent. Unlike the Esqui►naux of the coast of America, they have no canoes, nor did they seem to know the use of vessas of any description and if they do form a distinct separate na tion from the rest of the world; they are probably the most uncivilized of the earth's inhabitants. On board the discovery vessels were several dogs, appa rently of the Danish breed; rough wiry hair, fox face, and brushy tail, being the principal characteristics. They do out bark, nor in common make any particular noise., The only dog which Captain Ross obtained from the natives is stated to have been lost overboard, in a gale of wind, off Cape Farewell ; but from the description given of it, it was not unlike (although larger in size) time dogs which were brought from the coast of a wore southern latitude. , In one of the drawings before mentioned, John Saekheouse the Esquituanx, is represented with his arm in a sling, and upon asking the cause, he stated that it was done by the con cussion of a fowling-piece, which he had loaded upon the principle of " the more filler more shouter;" by the blow his collar hone was broken. He had never learnt to draw when he put to paper the sub jects he has depicted, but his Representation has probably a more faithful resemblahce to the scene he describes, from its very rudeness, than the 'more finished drawings of our Officers would possess. The Expedition under Capt. Ross has, as it appears to us, at least answered the object to which it was destined ; and altholigh no very im portant new discoveries in a geographical point of view have been made, yet the account of Baffin's Bay, which we already possessed, and which had become'of late years of doubtful authority, is now confirmed. We are still desirous that Hudson's Bay should be explored with equal minuteness by a similar experimental voyage—far we do not conceive it impossible that the object so anxiously looked for in the last, may still be met with. At present txe consider Hudson's Bay to have been but imperfectly examined ; for the Company which has the best opportunity for ti►e investigation, is too much employed in finding the most productive country for obtaining their furs and skins to un dertake so important a service. We believe the Admiralty is very anxious to give effect to the spirit of enterptize which has been excited relative to discoveries in the North ern Latitudes, and we trust that the worthy Secre tary, Mr. BARROW, will live to see realized those hopes, which, it is evident from his excellent writings, he very strongly entertains of ultimate SUCCe99. RHADANIANTHUS. FOR THE (47N. INIURI)Ell AT DEAL. I I Ma. EDITOR, - -Through the medium of your impartial Paper, allow me to submit a few obser vations, and to state some circumstances relative to, and arising out of, the barbarous murder com mitted in the town of Deal, on the 19th of Octo ber last, on a brave seaman of the Severn frigate, who was shot dead by a Dual Boatman named Dowers, in cold blood, while standing outside the door of a public-house. 1 am the more anxious that these particulars should he known in -London, from attempts olpersons resi dent at Deal, not only to palliate the murder, but to excite public prejudice against the very efficient measures adopted by Government to check the Contraband Trade on this coast, and evidently with an intention to injure the character of Cap tain M'Culloch, who so ably directs the large force entrusted to his command for that purpose. Referring to Letters in the Canterbury Gazette of the 20th ult. front tin Old Correspondent, and of the 4th instant, signed H. W. in the same ex• cellent Print, I shall only at present shortly state a few observations in reply, as these Letters will be swallowed greedily by the Smugglers of Deal and its neighbourhood, who may be induced ;'thereby to persist in their late lawless conduct.— I am bound to say, that the whole tenor of the former Letter tends to encourage smuggling, and, indirectly, murderous resistance to the Authorities appointed to suppress it ; and the Author of it would. do no more than justice to his country, if he would acquaint the Government whose Com mission he holds, and whose pay he receives,—how knows '° that the fatal ball which sent the mur dered individual to an untimely grave was NO DOUBT intended for an Officer on duty." How could he know this, except he held communication with the mordtrer or his friends ?—I would ask this Gentleman, also, why he does not inform his em ployers who are the persons (1 quote his own words) " carrying on the contraband Trade in other places, who, from their situation in life, are beyond suspicion, and who are now embark ing in it with the greatest zeal and success ?" He is bound to afford this informal ion to his ein- players fotthwith ; and if he will Eisten to good advice, he had better do so before it is required of hint. Fur the present only I shall take leave of this Writer, reserving another opportunity of an . madverting on the pernicious tendency of his so phistical compositions. H. W. (in his Letter of the 4th instant), has endeavoured to defend the Publican at whose door the murder took place. It appears that this matt was in company with the perpetrator but a short time before, in his own house ; and it was proved by the oath of his own sister, that this •' honest " person had spent the afternoon with the murderer and another smuggler; and by other witnesses, that both came out of the house, neither having arms tit that time; that seeing Nelson outside the door, they returned, and in less than two minutes, Dowers, accompanied by another man, came out, and when a few paces iron) the door, one of them turned round, and shot Nelson dead on the spot.— This poor fell'ow was neither resisting nor inter rupting them, the writs sent front London being in the hands of the Custom-house Offitlers and Constables, to be served by them, and not by the Naval thficers. The Writer of that Letter well knew this, as well as that any attempts to,appre hend Deal Boatmen in the day-time arc tmavail ing. lie well knows that warrants against four teen Deal Boatmen, signed by the Lord Chief Justice, and renewed tour different terms,. were never executed, although they were for a consi _ _ derable period in the hands of Mr. Edward Ig gulden, the late Mayor of Deal. The Author of this Letter, H. IV., has ironically alluded to the " Banks of the Severn," evidently aiming at Cap. tam M'Culloch and his proceedings ; but every man resident on this coast, who possesses firmness and honour enough to declare the t nab, must ac-. knowledge that the country is indebted greatly to his zealous and active exertions. I just here hint to this Gent,letnan, that he would perhaps be the instrument of preventing future violence to the King's 01beets, by prescribing to his hiernis the Smugglers, when they next visit the Banks of the Thames, after passing the hulks at Woolwich, to keep a good lo , ;k-onton the laiboard hand, -and ere they reach to Blackwall, to contemplate cer tain objects exhibited to public view, whereby they may probably be purged from forme mur derous dispositions. I shall conclude this long Letter by an extract froth a late Kentish Paper, on the present sub ject, which states— " Now, Gentlemen, I am at a loss to know how it was possible to ascertain the intention of the assassin from any other source than personal intercourse with him or his col leagues; these must hare been numerous indeett, or his escape could not so easily hare been effected; and the villain was too close to its object to hare erred. " The deed was su applauded in the place, that I am most credibly informed of two furies in fema'le dress having stamp, ed their feet triumphantly in the blood then streaming from !he vicinity, exulting in the act." , I am, Mr. Editor, Your obedient bumble servant, - AN OLD OFFICER. Dover, Dcc. 9. A beautiful cast, in brass, of the much-celebrat ed colossal figure, by PHIDAs, upon Mon. e Ca vallo, will shortly become the distinguished or. uarnent of Waterloo-place. This superb bronze statue is a votive tribute of Ladies, in htinour of the Duke of IVELLINGTON. SUICIDR.—At 8 o'clock on Saturday night, an Inquest was held on the body of Mr. Charles Per regeaux (the melancholy circumstances of whose death we mentioned in Saturday's Paper), at Sr. Bartholomew's Hospital.--The Jury returned s verdict of Insanity.